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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1985
Page
13
New Ellenton saw Mid Carolina post a 6-2 win over L B C to clinch the Dixie Youth League District Two championship. Stanley Boyd pitched a four hitter with six strikeouts as Tim Kirkland and Vincent Robinson homered.
Jeff Olsen and Bonnie Blair each earned five gold medals at the sixth National Sports Festival in Baton Rouge, with Olsen securing his fifth in the 400-meter freestyle after lineup changes and Blair switching teams to win in both individual and relay events. Blair also anchored the South to a bronze in softball after a marathon two-game run, while Olsen eyed the 1988 Seoul Olympics as a standout junior.
Aiken’s Charlie Simpkins won the triple jump gold at the National Sports Festival in Baton Rouge with 56 feet 11% inches. He trained at Baptist College in Charleston and aims for the 1988 Olympics, eyeing further events like high jump and the 200 meters and hoping to top world rankings.
In 1974 Jim Catfish Hunter balked at cashing a deferred insurance payment, triggering arbitration that made him a free agent. Negotiations drew in teams from Cleveland to New York, ending with a five year 3 million Yankees deal and launching baseball’s modern market evolution. Hunter later mused on the change from his Ahoskie NC roots to a sport-wide economic shift.
Ben Webster drives Flak Ball in the Meadowlands Hambletonian for 3 year olds with a 1 million purse. The field includes Piggvar driven by Stanley Dancer and Prakas with Bill O Donnell, as heat winners advance to a possible three horse final race-off.
Curtis Strange seeks to top the PGA Tour money list by finishing 30th or better at the Western Open at Butler National. He has $527,581 this season and trails Tom Watson's $530,808 1980 mark, as Tom Kite adds Ryder Cup bid and Jack Nicklaus weighs late entry.
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